Famous Deaths In 1848

Jan 05 In the year 1848 ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73

Jan 09 On this day in history death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)

Jan 20 On this day in history death of christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)

Feb 15 In the year 1848 death of hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)

Feb 20 On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29

Feb 23 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 on this day in history.

Mar 03 Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies on this day in history.

Mar 20 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on this day in history.

Mar 29 In the year 1848 john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84

Apr 08 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.

Apr 10 In the year 1848 godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69

Apr 24 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.

Apr 30 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 on this day in history.

May 11 In the year 1848 death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)

May 18 In the year 1848 william A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF

May 25 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) died in the year 1848.

May 31 Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) died on this day in history.

Jun 27 On this day in history death of denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54

Jul 04 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies in the year 1848.

Jul 22 On this day in history karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60

Aug 06 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 in the year 1848.

Aug 07 Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) died in the year 1848.

Aug 09 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies on this day in history.

Aug 12 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.

Aug 15 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.

Sep 11 On this day in history henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87

Oct 04 Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.

Oct 05 On this day in history death of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)

Oct 26 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies on this day in history.

Oct 27 On this day in history alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46

Nov 09 Robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed died in the year 1848.

Nov 10 Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.

Nov 15 On this day in history death of p Rossi, Italian, murdered

Nov 17 On this day in history jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of john Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)

Jan 05 In the year 1848 birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet

Jan 09 In the year 1848 birth of princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)

Jan 19 John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.

Jan 21 In the year 1848 birth of henri Duparc, French composer

Jan 22 In the year 1848 birth of samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)